Mbazulike Amaechi, a First Republic Minister of Aviation,
has assured that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,
would soon be released.
Amaechi gave the assurance while addressing journalists in
Onitsha, Anambra State, ahead of Kanu’s court hearing slated for Friday.
The former Minister, last year, had led a delegation of Igbo
elders to a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari over Kanu’s release.
However, Amaechi said despite Buhari’s assurances of releasing
the IPOB leader, Kanu is still in custody.
He said Igbo elders met with President Buhari shortly after
Kanu’s arraignment in court and told him to release him for them to go home and
discuss with him the next Igbo agenda and “Buhari gave us an audience and ever
since then, negotiations between us and the Federal Government have been on to
free Kanu.”
“Although, I am disappointed that up until now, Buhari has
not released him despite assurances he gave to us on the day we visited him in
Aso Rock, all hope is not lost as we are sure that Kanu will soon be released
based on the ongoing negotiations.
“I will call on those agitating for one thing or the other
to remain calm and be hopeful. Although, these agitations have demonstrated
that only the release of Kanu will stop the agitations and we are working
towards his release.”
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